§ 284.10 What does this part cover?
§ 284.11 What definitions apply to this part?
§ 284.15 Who must submit information to ACF to carry out the requirements of this part?
§ 284.20 What information will we use to determine the child poverty rate in each State?
§ 284.21 What will we do if the State’s child poverty rate increased five percent or more over the two-year period?
§ 284.30 What information must the State include in its assessment of the impact of the TANF program(s) in the State on the increase in child poverty?
§ 284.35 What action will we take in response to the State’s assessment and other information?
§ 284.40 When is a corrective action plan due?
§ 284.45 What are the contents and duration of the corrective action plan?
§ 284.50 What information will we use to determine the child poverty rate in each Territory?

Terms Used In 45 CFR Part 284 - Methodology for Determining Whether an Increase in a State or Territory's Child Poverty Rate Is the Result of the Tanf Program

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.